I have just returned from the most incredible Intuitive Horsemanship Clinic at the Home Ranch in Clark, CO.  Spending a full week with ten other like-minded women, we began our days with yoga guided by Janice Baxter followed by horsemanship with Tammy Pate and  incredible gourmet food (every meal!) in-between.  Am I living right?  You bet!

Riding, learning, stretching, working with cattle, loping across cut hay meadows, enjoying hot tubs, massage and gourmet wine-tasting dinners amidst the sunny golden days of Colorado autumn…yes, I am living right!  And of course, I was there with my camera and some friends, local horsewomen Susan Gibbs (Carbondale, CO) and Kathy Pike, www.coachingwithhorses.com .   I’’ll post some of the photos this month.  It looks like one of my photos may become the cover of Kathy’s new book!

Tammy and I got into a deep-down discussion like friends can about wild horses, pros and cons.   She’s been to the US Congress speaking against some of the Humane Society and legislative efforts and I’ve been there speaking with and for them, and have even worked on the film Saving the American Wild Horse (www.tawh.org). But then I spent time with Sunny Taylor and her ranching family and friends in Kaycee, WY this summer and now I better see both sides…nothing is black and white, and there are no rainbows here. 

Tammy and I agree there are other better solutions than those that are out there for saving these amazing wild icons of the west…preservation without crippling the ranchers and the horse industry.  It can be done.  These will be tough times for wild horses as like in the Depression, ranchers and farmers who can’t support their stock will release extra horses into the wild. 

I have some ideas about a preserve in Nevada, tourism and local economic benefit.  There’s a lot to talk about.

Ask me how I took off in an orange pickup in 1974 and what I came back to and where I have gone since.   Ask about people I’ve met and my brothers and husband and mother and family and my life and I might just tell you.

What have you been up to?